{"id":2613,"date":"2022-10-28T20:11:46","date_gmt":"2022-10-29T00:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/?p=2613"},"modified":"2023-11-09T13:30:19","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T18:30:19","slug":"day-16-ee-measures-for-the-air-conditioning-and-ventilation-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/programs\/energy-efficiency\/day-16-ee-measures-for-the-air-conditioning-and-ventilation-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"EE Measures for the Air Conditioning and Ventilation Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

While air conditioning is less than 10% of your total household energy use, it could be 25% to 40% of your electricity usage and cost and between 20% to 30% of your total energy cost.  Cost and usage spread out over only 3 or 4 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is an area where you can save the most electricity and energy cost.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

No-cost EE tips<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Turn up your thermostat from 68 degree.  This could save you 10% to 20% on your colling bill.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Keep your ducts and registers clean and unobstructed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Close curtains on sunny days <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Use your fans to move air around<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Use your bathroom room to remove heat and moisture after a shower.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Grill outside or avoid turning on your oven. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Low-costs EE tips<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. Clean and replace your AC filter regularly at least every 3 months or when dirty<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Seal gaps and leaks that let hot air in.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. Replace bulbs with LEDs that give off less heat.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. Maintain your AC system annually.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    5. Buy and use a programmable thermostat can save you 10% to 20% on your AC bill.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    6. Install low e film on your single pane windows.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    7. Use zone cooling to limit cooling in unoccupied rooms.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    8. For older system right size the system and in the right location away from direct sunlight.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    9. Consider a very efficient heat pump to replace your heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      While air conditioning is less than 10% of your total household energy use, it could be 25% to 40% of your electricity usage and cost and between 20% to 30% of your total energy cost.  Cost and usage spread out over only 3 or 4 months. This is an area where you can save the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11146,"featured_media":2614,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy-efficiency","category-in-your-home"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2613"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6476,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2613\/revisions\/6476"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainablelawrence.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}